By DAVID SIMS
The Commission on School Governance, a body appointed by Public Advocate Betsy Gotbaum, Sept. 4 recommended that the state law allowing mayoral control of the city school system be renewed with some revisions, especially focusing on the Department of Education. More...
By DAVID SIMS
A dispute during a Civil Service Technical Guild meeting that led to the arrest of a union official for allegedly striking another one and taking his camera has heated up with the bringing of internal union charges against the official who made the complaint. More...
The Chief-Leader/Pat Arnow The Labor Day Parade held Sept. 6 by the AFL-CIO New York City Central Labor Council produced a mix of ordinary workers, the state's top elected officials, and, as its grand marshals, members of the Wounded Warriors Project who are veterans of the military conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan. William Wilkinson, above, a firefighter who was wounded overseas, was among the marchers that also included sizable delegations from the city's two largest municipal employee unions, District Council 37 and the United Federation of Teachers. The elected officials who took part included, below from left, State Attorney General Andrew Cuomo, Governor Paterson, Mayor Bloomberg, and U.S. Sen. Hillary Clinton, who is marching just ahead of Central Labor Council Executive Director Ed Ott. More...
By DAVID SIMS
As the new school year began Sept. 2, Mayor Bloomberg was joined by Schools Chancellor Joel I. Klein, United Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten and Council of School Supervisors and Administrators President Ernest Logan at P.S. 62 in The Bronx to welcome the city's students, Teachers and administrators. More...
Private Lines Officers Sue For Seat At TWU Talks; Political Beef Turned Physical